The mermaid made her way through the water. Her family forbid her to swim above the surface, the land was dangerous, but she was very young and needed to rebel.
She leapt out of the water, droplets cascading down her shiny body. Her body arced, her tail flipped and she plunged back down with a splash. Ripples extended and disappeared until the surface was calm and still.
The man moved to the edge of the water, the moon reflected in the unruffled surface. He had always known there was something living beneath the waters and his suspicions had proved correct.
She leapt out of the water, droplets cascading down her shiny body. Her body arced, her tail flipped and she plunged back down with a splash. Ripples extended and disappeared until the surface was calm and still.
The man moved to the edge of the water, the moon reflected in the unruffled surface. He had always known there was something living beneath the waters and his suspicions had proved correct.
